Cancer And Mise-en-Place
johndabell We can’t ever guarantee having a ‘good day’ but there are things we can do to stack the odds in our favour. One ritual any self-respecting chef will adhere to…
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Be A Catalyst Of Can-Do
If you think you can’t then you probably won’t. Can’t is a contraction of cannot. It’s also a contraction of you. It makes you smaller. Can’t gets in your head…
Be A Mojo Spreader
We’ve all lost it at some stage. Some of us might still be looking for it. But when you’ve got it, you feel it in your bones. You feel great.…
Cancer And The Red Carpet
When you have cancer treatment should you also get a bit of the ‘red carpet treatment’ too? Cancer is a tough experience so anything that can make it more bearable…
Cancer And Presilience
People often talk about resilience and bouncing back or springing forward but what comes before that? Well, there is a word for it and it is ‘presilience’. Presilience is what…
Be A Digger Of Hardiness
When we talk about plants being hardy, we mean that they can stand up to low temperatures and survive. When we talk about hardiness in people, we mean the ability…
Give It The Old College Try
When was the last time you gave it the old college try? When was the last time you really tried your very hardest? When did you last give it your…
Cancer And Being A Resistance Fighter
We all navigate and manage the reality of cancer in our own way. I choose to manage my day-to-day brushes with the cancer experience as a resistance fighter. In other…
Cancer, Mission Control And Taking Risks
The nerve centre for American human spaceflight is NASA’s Mission Control Centre in the Johnson Space Centre, Houston. It has been described as something like an emergency call centre or…
Cancer And Being Vital
Vitality is having physical and mental energy. It is a core construct of our health and well-being that encompasses self-care, self-awareness and self-compassion. The word vitality itself is derived from…